How did a superpower fail so in Afghanistan?
By ARIE PERLIGER Of the University of Massachusetts The speed and efficiency with which Taliban forces were able to complete the occupation of most of Afghanistan, as well as the quick collapse of the ...
The Afghanistan debacle was always destined for failure
By MEL GURTOV Of Portland State University Over a nearly 20-year period, the war in Afghanistan is estimated to have cost about $2.2 trillion and resulted in more than 240,000 deaths, military and civilian, ...
Stapilus: What if there’s no frontrunner?
The contest for Oregon governor in the coming year has been described, often, as the most wide-open in a long time. And a riffle back through Oregon political history shows that’s true. Guest ...
Jeb Bladine: Loss of patience for COVID patients
Many Americans, particularly those living in areas hardest hit by the historic spike of COVID-19 cases, are moving dangerously close to the bounds of their humanity toward unvaccinated victims. Whatchamacolumn Jeb ...
Risk of breakthrough is real but extremely limited
By DR. SANJAY MISHRA Vanderbilt University Medical Center If you’ve been fully vaccinated against COVID-19, maybe you figured you no longer need to worry about contracting the coronavirus. But ...
Back and Forth: Entrepreneurship, neighborly support thrive at county fair
Last week’s Yamhill County Fair was my first, and I was happy to see it carry the same community and agricultural spirit shared by the fairs in five other Northwest communities where I’ve ...
Brink: ‘Fourth trimester’ a crucial stage
The United States is the only industrialized country in the world that doesn’t guarantee at least some paid maternity leave. And we should be embarrassed about that. Guest Writer Susan ...
Jeb Bladine: Election story resonated for some
Monday’s political bombshell exploded across the Internet and into the minds of millions: “Elections Expert Seth Keshel Releases National Fraud Numbers: Finds 8.1 Million Excess Votes in U.S. ...
Physics pioneers plotted climate change in 1800s
By SYLVIA DEE Of Rice University Long before the current political divide over climate change -- even before the Civil War that tore our country apart between 1861 and 1865, an American scientist named ...
Flood risk is accelerating, putting our coasts at risk
By RENEE COLLINI Of Mississippi State University As sea level rises, it can be easy to miss the subtlety of higher water. It’s much harder to overlook saltwater more frequently flooding ...
LIVING A LIFE OF JOY, OPTIMISM
I turned 72 this week. How in the world did that happen? I am joyously happy to wake up each morning and greet another day. I feel tremendously lucky to have reached this age without debilitating ...
Jeb Bladine: Temperatures rise on many levels
We’re deep into the “Dog Days of Summer,” which as Becky Little wrote this month in National Geographic, evokes “summer days that are so devastatingly hot that even dogs would lie ...
Hughes: A vanishing voice
Dear reader, you are fortunate. You can read editorials in the News-Register that make you smile. Guest Writer Dick Hughes Linfield University graduate Dick Hughes worked for the ...
Nokes: Oregon nearly entered Union as a slave state
Most Oregonians today are probably unaware of how close Oregon came to becoming a slave state. Slavery was intensely debated at Oregon’s Constitutional Convention in 1857. In fact, it was ...
Jeb Bladine: Bootleg Fire in Southern Oregon a good reminder to be prepared
Mankind can only hope that global warming and climate change are hoaxes, because we aren’t well-prepared for the consequences. All eyes turned to Oregon this summer, first on our deadly heat wave ...
